Technology vendors

Vendor advisory services exist to create commercial pathways to product sales. The assessment they conduct is designed to find problems that their products solve. The architecture they recommend is one that includes their technology. This is not dishonesty. It is the rational output of a business model built on software revenue.

Conflict: product revenue

Large consulting firms

Consulting firms assess security and implement the remediation. An assessment scoped and delivered by a firm that will then be paid to fix what it finds carries a structural incentive to find fixable things. Assessment scope, finding prioritization, and remediation recommendations are all subtly shaped by what the firm can deliver and bill for next.

Conflict: implementation revenue

DataNudge

DataNudge earns revenue from advisory engagements alone. We carry no technology partnerships, no implementation practice, and no referral arrangements with vendors. Our findings are not shaped by what we can sell you next. Our only commercial interest is being the firm you trust to advise you again.

Conflict: none

01

We will tell you if we are not the right firm

If your situation requires capabilities we do not have, or a specialist that can serve you better, we will tell you that in the first conversation. We do not take engagements we cannot deliver at the standard our clients deserve.

02

Our findings are based on your environment

We do not apply generic frameworks and call the output an assessment. Every finding we produce is grounded in your specific threat model, your regulatory obligations, and the way your organization actually operates.

03

You speak with the advisor who delivers the work

We do not win engagements with senior advisors and deliver them with junior staff. The advisor you meet in the scoping conversation is the one who conducts the assessment and presents the findings.

04

We write deliverables to be used, not filed

Every document we produce is written to be read by the people who will act on it. Board reports in language boards can evaluate. Roadmaps your team can execute. Risk registers your security function can maintain.

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We never earn from what we recommend

We accept no referral fees, reseller margins, or vendor incentives of any kind. When we recommend a technology, a vendor, or a course of action, the only reason is that we believe it is right for your situation.

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We stay until you can do this without us

The goal of every DataNudge engagement is to leave your organization with greater capability than it had before we arrived. We design programs, frameworks, and governance models that your team can own and operate after the engagement closes.